Dear Friends,

We are pleased to invite you to attend the sixth Committee of 100 Conversations – “Recollections, Pioneers and Heroes” event that will feature David Henry Hwang, “A Pioneering Playwright, Librettist, Screenwriter” on October 7, 2025 at 6 pm ET.

David Henry Hwang is an American playwright, librettist, screenwriter, and theater professor at Columbia University in New York City. He has won three Obie Awards for his plays FOB, Golden Child, and Yellow Face. He has one Tony Award (M. Butterfly) and three other nominations (Golden Child, Flower Drum Song, and Yellow Face), as well as a Grammy Award (Ainadamar) and one other nomination (Soft Power). Three of his works (M. Butterfly, Yellow Face, and Soft Power) have been finalists for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

This Committee of 100 Conversations program features interviews of Chinese Americans who have contributed to the success of America through their pioneering efforts, heroic achievements, or recollections of important events. Each interview will feature a live broadcast. The video and podcast recordings of the interview will be made available as part of a library of the interviews.

Chinese Americans have contributed greatly to advance the success of this country in many walks of life – science, the arts, agriculture, philanthropy, political leadership, architecture, business, and more.

Peter Young, Committee of 100 Member and Board Member and Chair of the Conversations Program will moderate. The broadcast will be on October 7 from 6 pm Eastern Time to 6:45 pm Eastern Time. There is no fee for the webcast. Please register at https://c100-10-7-2025.eventbrite.com. The video recording and podcast will be published thereafter and will be available on the Committee of 100 website.We hope you will join us. Thank you!Best regards,Committee of 100

Upcoming Committee of 100 Conversations – Recollections, Pioneers and Heroes

July 29, 2025 at 6 pm ET – Linda Tsao Yang, Governance Pioneer, Former U.S. Ambassador and the first woman and the first minority to represent the United States on the board of a multilateral financial institution, she will talk about her pioneering efforts and the challenges of good governance. Please register at https://c100-7-29-2025.eventbrite.com.

August 11, 2025 at 6 pm ET – Gary Locke, is Chairman of the Committee of 100. As Governor of Washington State (the first Chinese American to be elected governor in United States history and the first Asian American governor on the mainland), U.S. Secretary of Commerce, and U.S. Ambassador to China, Gary Locke has been a leader in the areas of education, employment, trade, health care, human rights, immigration reform, privacy, and the environment. Register at https://c100-8-11-2025.eventbrite.com.

September 8, 2025 at 6 pm ET – Janet Yang, an Emmy and Golden Globe-winning Hollywood producer, President of the Motion Picture Academy of Arts and Sciences, a keynote speaker, and a trailblazer and advocate for the AAPI community. She came to prominence through her collaboration with Steven Spielberg on Empire of the Sun, followed by partnerships with Oliver Stone and Lisa Henson. Her extensive Film and TV credits include The Joy Luck Club, The People vs. Larry Flynt, Shanghai Calling and High Crimes. She is a member of the Committee of 100. Please register at register at https://c100-9-8-2025.eventbrite.com.

November 25, 2025 at 6 pm ET – Elaine Chao, former U. S. Secretary of Transportation and U. S. Secretary of Labor, she is the first Asian American woman to be appointed to the President’s cabinet in U.S. history. Secretary Chao was also President and CEO of United Way of America and Director of the Peace Corps. She had previously served as Deputy Secretary of Transportation; Chair, Federal Maritime Commission; Deputy Maritime Administrator; and White House Fellow.

Committee of 100 ConversationsRecollections, Pioneers and Heroes

October 7, 2025 Webcast

▦ Speaker

David Henry Hwang

Playwright, Librettist, Screenwriter

Obie and Tony Award Winner

▦ Moderator:

Peter Young, CEO, Young & Partners

Committee of 100 Member and Board MemberChair of the Committee of 100 Conversations Program

▦ Time:

6:00 pm Eastern Time

The interview will be moderated by Peter Young, Committee of 100 member and Chair of the Committee of 100 Conversations Program. The broadcast will be 45 minutes long.

▦ Speaker Bios:

David Henry Hwang

Playwright, Librettist, Screenwriter

Obie and Tony Award Winner

David Henry Hwang is an American playwright, librettist, screenwriter, and theater professor at Columbia University in New York City. He has won three Obie Awards for his plays FOB, Golden Child, and Yellow Face. He has one Tony Award (M. Butterfly) and three other nominations (Golden Child, Flower Drum Song, and Yellow Face), as well as a Grammy Award (Ainadamar) and one other nomination (Soft Power). Three of his works (M. Butterfly, Yellow Face, and Soft Power) have been finalists for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

▦ Moderator and Chair of the Committee of 100 Conversations Program

Peter Young

CEO, Young & Partners

Committee of 100 Member and Board Member

Chair of the Committee of 100 Conversations Program

Peter Young is CEO of Young & Partners, a boutique investment banking firm focused on the life science and chemical industries. He manages the firm and is actively involved in client transactions and financings. Under his leadership, Young & Partners has established and maintained its position as a highly regarded firm serving the corporate strategy, M&A, restructuring and financing needs of clients worldwide. He was previously head of industry groups at Salomon Brothers, Schroders and Lehman Brothers, a senior private equity executive with J.H. Whitney & Co. and a senior member of Bain & Co., the corporate strategy firm.Mr. Young received a BA in Economics from Yale, an MS in Accounting from NYU, and MBA from Harvard Business School where he graduated with Distinction as a Baker Scholar. He is a CPA and a Chartered Global Management Accountant. He serves on a number of boards of directors, both corporate and non-profit and is a board member of Société de Chimie Industrielle, a leading life science and chemical industry non-profit organization and on the Editorial Advisory Board of Pharmaceutical Executive.

The Committee of 100The Committee of 100 (C100) is a non-profit, non-partisan leadership organization of prominent Chinese Americans in business, government, academia, and the arts founded 36 years ago.

The Committee’s purpose is to provide leadership and act as a constructive force in the dual mission of:

• Promoting the full participation of all Chinese Americans in American society and acting as a public policy resource for the Chinese-American community
• Advancing constructive dialogue and relationships between the peoples and leaders of the United States and Greater China

To learn more about the organization, please go to https://www.committee100.org.

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